thanks, at the moment I don’t quite understand it myself, but one thing which I want to do is make sure that I don’t save money just for the sake of it, if I have extra money and don’t really have any reason for it then I will just give it to someone else.

yes, it seems that most people are concerned with self gratification rather than self sacrifice (myself included unfortunately). Which makes it very hard to be different, with so many influences telling you to satisfy your own desires first. Hopefully we can break out of that though and actually contribute selflessly without the need for reward. I hope that God gives you the strength you need to do what you want to do.

I don’t really get that hell thing works, but with finance if I don’t use my money then someone else can… so if I earn a normal amount of money, but be poor, the I have plenty left over for other people to use.

I follow Jesus as described in the Bible, I would normally say Christian, but sometimes that gives the wrong impression.

At the moment I am just living as cost effectively as I can, and then as a result I have spare money. Then I look for ways to use it on people who need it.

For example, this Christmas I’ve enjoyed buying things from the TEAR gift catalogue.

Let me know if you think of other ways of doing this, it is one of my most important life goals.

Also, I agree that we shouldn’t avoid linking ourselves with Jesus, but sometimes “Christian” actually means something other than that!

Thanks for the encouragement! I think one thing which is important to me is that even if I ‘deserve’ good things, there are plenty of other people who have worked hard all their lives and deserve them just as much as me, but they live in a situation which means that they struggle to survive. So in some ways this idea is really just about sharing the good stuff around so that it’s more fair.